ALMA Y. ALANIS (Senior Member, IEEE)
received a Ph.D.degree in electrical engineering from the Advanced Studies and
Research Center of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN),
Guadalajara Campus, Mexico, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Since 2008, she has
been with the University of Guadalajara, where she is currently a Chair
Professor with the Department of Computer Science. From 2016 to 2019, she was
the dean of the Ph.D. Program of Electronic and Computer Sciences. She has
published papers in recognized international journals and conferences, as well as
five international books. Her research interests include neural control,
backstepping control, block control, and their applications to electrical
machines, power systems, and robotics. She is a member of the Mexican National
Research System (SNI-2) and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Since 2008, she
has been a member of the Accredited Assessors record RCEA-CONACYT, evaluating a
wide range of national research projects, andshe has belonged to important
project evaluation committees of national and international research projects.
She is serving on a number of IEEE and IFAC conference organizing committees.
In 2013, she received the Grant for Women in Science by
L’Oreal-UNESCO-AMC-CONACYT-CONALMEX. In 2015, she received the Research Award
Marcos Moshinsky. She is a Subject Editor of the Journal of The Franklin
Institute (Elsevier) and the IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONSON MECHATRONICS.
ALMA Y. ALANIS (Senior Member, IEEE)
received a Ph.D.degree in electrical engineering from the Advanced Studies and
Research Center of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN),
Guadalajara Campus, Mexico, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Since 2008, she has
been with the University of Guadalajara, where she is currently a Chair
Professor with the Department of Computer Science. From 2016 to 2019, she was
the dean of the Ph.D. Program of Electronic and Computer Sciences. She has
published papers in recognized international journals and conferences, as well as
five international books. Her research interests include neural control,
backstepping control, block control, and their applications to electrical
machines, power systems, and robotics. She is a member of the Mexican National
Research System (SNI-2) and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Since 2008, she
has been a member of the Accredited Assessors record RCEA-CONACYT, evaluating a
wide range of national research projects, andshe has belonged to important
project evaluation committees of national and international research projects.
She is serving on a number of IEEE and IFAC conference organizing committees.
In 2013, she received the Grant for Women in Science by
L’Oreal-UNESCO-AMC-CONACYT-CONALMEX. In 2015, she received the Research Award
Marcos Moshinsky. She is a Subject Editor of the Journal of The Franklin
Institute (Elsevier) and the IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONSON MECHATRONICS.